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Congratulations to Laura Taylor, PhD RN ANEF, for her induction to the American Academy of Nursing 2016 class of fellows. ITNS members and AAN fellows Linda Ohler, Sandy Cupples, Ann Busch, and Cindy Russell were also at the ceremony to support Laura. What an amazing group of transplant nursing leaders!

By Denise A. Valenti There are more than 119,000 men, women and children on lists waiting for organ transplants, and every day at least 22 of these will die due to lack of organs. Only 3 out every 1,000 deaths have organs suitable for donation, but one death can save up to eight lives. Interestingly, upward swings of drug use and drug epidemics lead to a greater number of organ donations. The recent heroin/opioid epidemic across the U.S. is a perfect example.READ MORE

Singularity HubA woman living on a dialysis machine is grown a new kidney using her own cells. A father struggling with age-related vision loss has his eyesight restored. A soldier suffers extensive burns and has his skin regenerated.
This is a glimpse of the holy grail of regenerative medicine. The ultimate goal of the field is to develop therapies that restore normal function to diseased tissues and organs. Advances in 3-D bioprinting, the process of fabricating functional human tissue outside the body in a layer-by-layer fashion, have pushed the envelope on what is considered possible in the field.READ MORE

Daily Times The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights recently approved amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissue Act, 2010, allowing life imprisonment, permanent cancellation of practice licence and a fine of Rs 50 million on doctors and paramedics involved in the illegal activity.READ MORE

Edmonton Journal Edmonton filmmaker-anthropologist Niobe Thompson has sprinted faraway deserts, hung off a cliff to scoop seabird eggs and learned to hold his breath underwater like an elephant seal. But after spending the last year inside the University of Alberta's Transplant Institute directing footage for not one but two separate documentaries, the Cambridge-educated scientist is awestruck.READ MORE

AllAfricaIn November 2011, Annette Muhwezi got swellings on different parts of her body.
At some point she could not drive herself and called her husband, Arthur Muhwezi who rushed her to Norvik Hospital in Kampala.
"By the time we got there, she was unconscious," he says.
Tests were quickly run returning suggestions of kidneys failure.
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HealthDay NewsEven with repeated cleanings, it's virtually impossible to remove all contamination from robotic surgical instruments, a new study suggests. Over the course of 21 months, the researchers assessed protein residue on 132 robotic and standard surgical instruments that were cleaned according to manufacturers' instructions. The cleanings were 99.1 percent effective for standard instruments and 97.6 percent effective for robotic instruments, the investigators found.READ MORE

By Keith Carlson There are many potential signs that it's time to leave your current nursing job and seek another position. Your nurse's intuition is one of your best guides regarding when it's time to seek greener professional pastures. When your gut is telling you to flee, there's generally cause. It can be difficult to throw your career into transition, but the following three signs are sure bets that you need to make a move.READ MORE